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| School Name: | Tennessee State University |
| Location: | Nashville, Tennessee |
| Arena: | Gentry Center |
| Capacity: | 9,100 |
| Conference: | Ohio Valley |
| Head coach: | Brian "Penny" Collins |
Tennessee State University (TSU) is a comprehensive, urban, coeducational land-grant university founded in 1912. The 450 acre (1.8 km²) main campus has more than 65 buildings and is located in a residential setting at 3500 John A. Merritt Blvd in Nashville, Tennessee. TSU is the only state-funded historically black college or university (HBCU) in Tennessee. The Avon Williams campus is located downtown, near the center of the Nashville business and government district. TSU has approximately 8,750 students with a student/faculty ratio of 17/1.
TSU projects itself to its students, faculty, and alumni and to the citizens of the State through the school's charge "Enter to learn, go forth to serve." and its motto, "Think, Work, Serve."
For more than 30 years, TSU was the only Division I HBCU that was not a member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) or Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC), the two D-I conferences whose full members are all HBCUs. This distinction ended in 2018 when Hampton left the MEAC for the Big South Conference; North Carolina A&T will make the same move in 2021.
Men's Basketball[]
Notable Alumni[]
- Anthony Mason - NBA basketball player.
- Lloyd Neal - NBA basketball player.
Women's Basketball[]
Notable Alumni[]
- Loree Moore - WNBA player for New York Liberty.